Its bowed and split all around the bottom of the tank. The car is not even on the dam road and things are failing allready!
The tank is breathable and was fine when fitted.
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What the hell has happend to my MK plastic fuel tank?
Its bowed and split all around the bottom of the tank. The car is not even on the dam road and things are failing allready!
The tank is breathable and was fine when fitted.
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They are noted for doing this 
Mine didn't make it more than a couple of weeks past SVA..
Cheers
Mark
How much is a new alloy tank going to cost me?
First it was the gear change then now this!! Anything else going to fail and fall to bits?
what a pain in the arse
matt have a word with deano on here he'll make you a tank, what ever you want and he's not expensive 
Take it back?! Sale of goods act - fit for purpose and all that!
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Looks a bit shite. Have you over tightened it?? If not go for a refund from MK surely it should be up to the job if they are selling it??
macspeedys tank dropped a whole tank of shells finest on the garage floor.....and the garage is attached to the house
The curse of plastic tank man strikes again
That must be a few years old Matt,MK stoped selling those 4 or 5 years ago,when I built my 1st Indy in 2004,it came with a alluminium tank.
Its a bit late now its leaking but it looks to me like it could be overtightend or its sucked itself in with vacum,is the breather pipe clear.
I got a plastic tank when I bought my car about 5 years ago. Tried to get my money back but was so much hassle I gave up and bought an Ally one.
There were loads failing when mine did which is why it was so hard to the get the money back. It wasnt directly MK making them, but an associate of
theirs.
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Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
That must be a few years old Matt,MK stoped selling those 4 or 5 years ago,when I built my 1st Indy in 2004,it came with a alluminium tank.
Its a bit late now its leaking but it looks to me like it could be overtightend or its sucked itself in with vacum,is the breather pipe clear.
U2U sent Matt
Wow - this takes me back a few years to when I first joined LBs. I think it was one of the longest running threads at one stage.
The summary is the plastic tank is garbage. End of..
I've got to ask why you'd buy another tank from them!
You'd buy another tank from them because Martin Keenan makes good tanks. The plastic ones were made by 'Plastic tank man' and were nothing to do with MK. I just burnt mine and put it down to experience.
On a positive side a mate of mine has one of the original plastic tanks 6 years on and its not leaking is that a record?
Sorry Mat that's no use to you at all is it! 
I just bought a new tank made by Martin and to be fair it is a nice piece of kit. That's for a ZX12 and set me back £135 (I think as I bought
some other bits at same time). It might even be slightly cheaper if you go to Martin direct, although he might need your pump if he doesn't have
a template for it.
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I've got to ask why you'd buy another tank from them
Yep...looks like a tank from Plastic Tank Man!!! i got through 2 of them and they leaked badly. Never got my money back from PTM!! Martin Keenan
made me a propper ally tank which was perfect.
Those tanks were stopped being made by PMT about 4-5 years ago due to leaking problems and as far as i can remember MK made Ally tanks from then on
but i may be wrong here.
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quote]Originally posted by omega 24 v6
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I've got to ask why you'd buy another tank from them
Oh dear have we tread on Mks toes??????
Can you not give try to give a guy advice/help when asked (even if you've not got all the info)
As said earlier in the post by another poster he tried to get it sorted out and could not
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I got a plastic tank when I bought my car about 5 years ago. Tried to get my money back but was so much hassle I gave up and bought an Ally one.
I was merely making everyone aware of the history of Matts build and the tank in question,because anyone reading the post not aware of all the facts,would end up as you did making the wrong assumptions,it also stops the usual keyboard warriors jumping on the band wagon when it comes to giving MK sportscars unreasonable feedback.
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Originally posted by locoR1
On a positive side a mate of mine has one of the original plastic tanks 6 years on and its not leaking is that a record?
Sorry Mat that's no use to you at all is it!
send me some sizes of your tank and i will price one up for you, in ally. Or can do an exact copy if i were to have it to hand.
Joe
matt.c U2U replied to
also the offer of help if its needed
ATB
Matt
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That should put a smile back on his face
Matt get it fitted and book your sva now! before you miss you summer 
i might not have time to post it.
Just started playing with my new bender..
Will post a better picture later.
link to MK bespoke roll cage
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Originally posted by locoR1
That should put a smile back on his face
Matt get it fitted and book your sva now! before you miss you summer
just to put my two pence commeny in
i bpought direct from ptm 6years ago my one sucked it self in within two months it hasnt split yet put is well sucked in .the tank is on my odd jobs
to get sorted.
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Just started playing with my new bender.
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Originally posted by welderman
Just started playing with my new bender.
fnar fnar
I couldn't help myself, i'm such a child
lol, im getting the hang of this bending thing now.
hobzy - 11/7/08 at 10:00 AMSorry to dredge up an old thread, but what is the biggest capacity tank any of you have in an MK? After driving it down the whole country last weekend the 25 litre one in mine got a bit frustrating...